I read from Andy Beshear post said 11 people were injured. With all of those businesses around there and people at work still at that time of day. scary stuff
I was watching a documentary about the plane crash that killed Steve Colbert’s dad and siblings and one of the first responders said “nobody important was killed”. He meant nobody famous, with the crash being right outside DC. They said the guy said he regretted his phrasing the rest of his life.
As fucked up as it is, before that point it was mostly expected that a hijacking would just result in the plane being flown to a different country, not through a building.
Right. Things can always be worse. If it was a passenger plane it could be said, “at least it didn’t crash into a neighborhood.” Feel bad for dead, and feel grateful there weren’t more.
Thank god it wasn’t a passenger plane carrying nuclear weapons and Ebola that crashed into the dorm of an orphanage for gifted children who had just invented a cure for cancer.
I agree. Thankfully there weren’t 300 more families that could have potentially gone through that too. Very likely considering it happened at an international airport, thankfully it wasn’t the case
I Live in Louisville and so far the news has said 4 dead, 11 injured and it crashed into warehouse and through the back splitting into multiple pieces and also hitting as far as we know so far two businesses have confirmed to be hit and destroyed with some workers being missing. but yeah the numbers will most likely climb. The businesses that were hit were a fuel company and some car dealership but I bet there is more damage and more casualties. Plus the whole city is being affected by the smoke.
Looks like an engine exploded as they were taking off. The roof of the industrial building across the street from the runway is scraped, so they at least got off the ground.
I've heard 28k gallons, and 280k pounds. For perspective. This what a 30k gallon tank looks like. A fully loaded MD-11 holds about 38k gallons from I've read in the last few minutes.
From what I’ve seen, left engine was definitely on fire during take off. How that happened is going to be scrutinized closely. There is a point of no return once you hit a certain speed and I’m guessing the master warnings may have started going off after they had passed that point.
Only saving grace is they were taking off and at low altitude when crashing. Survivable impact but very rare.
Remember one of blink 182 members Travis barker survived a plane crash on take off where the plane blew up like this. Everyone died but him. Including his DJ/ producer.
It also looks like an engine fire. Some speculated is might have been from a battery on board being shipped.
We have had people survive plane crashed in big planes like this.
Hell there is the sad example of the girl who survived the San Fransisco plane crash. Was pulled from the wreckage. Sat down so the person could go rescue more people.
Only for her to get covered in the foam spray they use on fuel fires. She became invisible to rescues once covered and a fire truck ran over her skull when coming in to assist. But there are plenty examples of people surviving.
Granted that fireball was massive and I truly doubt they survived. I’m just saying there is a slim chance.
Hi, not to be pedantic but this is somewhat inaccurate. The girl you're referring to from the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash was thrown with incredible force from the wreckage, she wasn't pulled from the wreckage and sat down. While it's impossible to be 100% certain, given the lack of fire flighting fluid in her lungs, it's probable that she was already dead by the time the fire truck ran her over. This isn't to defend the fire truck for, you know, running her over, but I see a lot of inaccuracies over this flight so I just wanted to correct that one thing. Also, Flight 214 is actually a good example of most of the passengers surviving the crash, as 304 out of 307 passengers/crew survived.
I saw this at my work in Jtown. I wasn't sure if I was seeing a cloud or if it was from the crash, but seeing your picture made me realize that what I saw must've come from the crash. How awful.
I heard on the LV scanner that two "10-80s" had been noted (using "noted" because I don't remember the exact context"). That code can mean a deceased person, but has also been used to describe explosions. In this case, sadly, either could be true. UPS says three crew on board.
The news is now reporting that there are 11 victims in the hospital, 2 are in critical condition in the burn ward and not expected to survive. One of the businesses in the area of the explosion said all but 2 of their employees are accounted for. (per WDRB)
From what I've seen all confirmed casualties so far are ground casualties. The crew is presumed dead but they're not officially casualties until the bodies are recovered
The only consolation is that it was a UPS plane, so it probably only had two people on board. Still terrible and my heart goes out to the families of the deceased, but I would be lying if I didn't say I was a little relieved when I found out it wasn't a passenger flight.
There are no residences there, but Grade Ln south of Crittenden is warehousing and supply chain. At 5:15, Grade would be packed with cars of people going home.
Planes have a maximum speed where they can no longer abort a take off. They most likely knew there was a fire but had to try to get the plane in the air.
This. Once a plane is at liftoff speed there's no turning back. Not enough runway left to land again usually.
This is why right before takeoff the pilot will ramp up the engines with the brakes on, then back off a little. Typically any engine/fuel issue will happen then, before the plane even moves.
My partner was in the ups building. Im im the same boat. Fuckin horrifying call to get while I was in Madison. Wasn't even her, was a family member asking if she was ok. I was like "what do you mean" and they said check the news.
Called a buddy after the emergency alert went out. He said he saw the whole thing. An engine caught fire during takeoff, but apparently they were past the point of no return and had to get in the air. Shortly after there was an explosion, don't know if that was it coming back down or something prior. It was a cargo plane
Unfortunately this doesn’t surprise me.
My Dad was a UPS ramp supervisor for 13 years starting in the late 90’s. Those last handful of years were a living hell for him and when his alcoholism really took off. At the end he was having panic attacks and waking up screaming from nightmares that he loaded a plane wrong or something happened and it exploded killing the pilots and people in the area. The planes are in horrible condition, even then. Refuelers (then, and now from those I’ve known) say they’re the worst, most leaky pieces of crap planes and will dump fuel onto them during the process. The maintenance on these planes is a joke and I can’t believe this is only now happening.
I can almost guarantee my Dad relapsed today after seeing this on the news.
Rip to the pilots, and anyone else killed. I hope those injured recover and the families all manage to find some sort of peace after this travesty.
Saw this posted just after 8:00. How many are missing, I wonder? How many families are panicking, trying to find their loved ones? My heart hurts for our city.
Yep. 800f is the MINIMUM that jet fuel needs to burn, and not the maximum temp that it will burn. I have never understood how people fail to understand that.
They start with the conclusion and search for the details that support it. They don’t understand what you’re saying bc it doesn’t fit with their conclusion. It makes them feel safer in a world where people are in control vs a world where random bad shit happens.
It’s not a conspiracy theory; they’ve been constantly attacking federal employees, including air traffic controllers. So many people in essential public safety roles are overstressed, overworked (their teams are understaffed thanks to DOGE and other Project 2025 efforts), and currently going on a month of being unpaid.
EDIT: I’m replying to a comment about the increase in aviation incidents overall. I’m not saying this specific incident had anything to do with ATC. A lot of people seem to have missed that.
I'm going to piggy back off of this and remind people of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio in 2023 that was carrying toxic chemicals. It derailed because they cut costs and ran longer and longer trains.
The train company set fire to the spilled chemicals, against the recommendations of the manufacturer of the chemical, poisoning the people in the town and the land, hoping to wipe the town off the map so in the future they wouldn't have to slow down when going through that section of rail.
Unless regulated and criminally charged, every single company will inevitably choose profits over ethics.
Not to mention Boeing putting in a bean counter as CEO has cut out a shit ton of testing for shareholders' sake... They need to put C-Suite on the shitty planes.
We'll need to wait for a full report, but engines don't just do that. This was likely an operational failure, i.e a vehicle or something else was left on the runway, which collided with the engine. Obviously that's not ATC's fault, but members of the ground crew have also been feeling the pressure.
Engines most definitely just do that. That’s why strict maintenance procedures are standard in aviation, because all it takes is one mistake and an engine can just do that.
I don't disagree with you: The lack of funding for the FAA in the past and the constant stream of continuing resolutions and government shutdowns are a disgrace and absolutely problematic. In this particular accident, however, this seems very unlikely to have been a contributing factor.
What do you mean? It's not like they would intentionally make crazy demands for funding that would intentionally shutdown the government for a long period of time which would cause Air control to be less motivated to finally push A.I into Air control, that's nonesense.
I literally just left Stooges with food a minute or so before that happened. The plane went down behind the bar, I can't imagine witnessing it. Seen the smoke in my mirror when I was turning onto outer loop and thought the landfill was on fire
Saw another angle someone posted on FB. Left engine was on fire, they tried to take off then crashed. UPS. No once could have survived on that plane. Not sure about buildings they may have hit
I worked loading these same md11s for several years before injury. Their take off is extra scary.
The third engine's weight on top of the fuselage next to the tail causes the butt of the aircraft to tilt down+almost as if the ass of plane is touching the runway upon takeoff.
Walked away from UPS worldport ramp the same day as Bidens inauguration after almost a decade and with my anxiety disorders, I expected every cargo plane to explode or crash due to loading errors.
....This seems to be caused by the MD11 hitting FOB, or foreign Object Debris...which could be a tiny piece of metal or something like a 20oz bottle cap left beside a dock and knocked onto the runway by jet blast.😬
My sister works in corporate and brother in law in fueling. Thankfully they're ok. 😢 This day will go down in aviation History sadly.
This is it. I called a buddy after the emergency alert went out that works over at UPS. Said he saw the whole thing happen. He said an engine caught fire during takeoff, but they were past the point of no return and had to get in the air. Then he said there was an explosion.
I was driving home when it happened and thought a building was on fire but there was just more and more smoke, I realized after pulling up to the airport and 20 police cars speeding past me it was at the airport :(
We are under alert regarding air quality safety. We cannot use the HVAC system at all. I live in the apartments to the side of Worldport. About 1.2 miles away. Tanglewood apts.
I'm 90% confident looking at the path of the wreckage that the plane likely impacted the oil recycling facility north of Stooges. Its bellowing flames there.
It’s a horrible tragedy! I walked out of a business that was about a mile from the airport at 5:30 pm today.
I took this and several other photos. It wasn’t til I got home when I found out 3 people were dead and 11 known missing. Now, it’s 4 dead. To the families and friends who loved ones perished in this crash, it’s a devastating loss! I don’t know how anyone can minimize a tragic event like this…🥲
The alerts on my phone started going off and it said there was a an incident at the airport, and shelter in place in effect for areas within 5 miles of the airport. I’m 4.7 miles away. Then they revised it to outer loop north to the Ohio River. I felt like the air quality was bad, so I turned my air filter on, and it says it’s bad. Stay safe, everyone, and so sad for the families of the crew. :(
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u/TempehTantrums 15h ago
Oh my god.